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Every major news story now brings with it a minefield of fake pictures for newsrooms to sort though, a minefield that grows ever bigger each ear. Verified Pixel is a Knight Foundation-funded prototype that aims to speed up verification by automating and simplifying that process. This article was written by Alastair Reid, Managing Editor of First Draft News.

by Letizia Gambini18.06.2015The Verified Pixel team in action | photo by Samaruddin Stewart

Images always increased the power of a story. And this never more so than today. The proliferation of smartphones and digital cameras means that when news occurs, the first person to capture it will likely not be a journalist. User-generated content is flooding newsrooms, however, it seems newsrooms struggle with verification of this content, frequently misunderstand it, or — at worst — ignore it completely.

by Douglas Arellanes24.10.2014Here's a good new excuse to get your nerd game on. | Photo Szente Akos (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Citizen journalism verification is hard. It’s serious. And it’s something usually taught by doing it on the job. To help demonstrate this complexity — and have a little fun — I've put together a game based on the classic role-playing game Werewolf.

RightsCon takes place March 3-5 in Silicon Valley. Hundreds of leaders from the areas human rights, business, technology and government around the world will meet to help advance technological solutions to human rights issues.

The Citizen Desk REST API gives you the flexibility to build your own output using any JS library and without affecting the back end. Grab any stream of data and do with it whatever you want to create a better user experience.